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    The social, political, and economic causes of the American Revolution inevitably helped shape the country we live in today. A social cause that occurred was the disagreement between America and Britain and how poorly they were treated. A political cause that occurred was the implantation of legislatures on the colonies. An economic cause that also occurred was how every item that was imported of exported by the colonies had to be shipped through England, regardless of its destination. With all these

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    In the American Revolution Benjamin Franklin was one of the most celebrated of America’s founding fathers. A man who enjoyed many things and “he had many talents such as a printer a diplomat, a scientist, an inventor, a philosopher, an educator, and a public servant.” (“Benjamin Franklin”) As stated in Britannica, he was born in Boston on January 17, 1706 and died at the age of 84 on April 17, 1790. He was the He was very involved in the American Revolution. What did he do for the American Revolution

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    because they knew that American’s had more rights and that more could have been done. Starting from the Loyal Nine’s and wealthy families, the Sons of Liberty achieved many things , their ideas were best expressed through the rights they determined Americans had, what roles they each played in saving those rights and how important they thought those rights were. They got together and formed in 1765, in Boston right after the stamp act and that’s originally where they got their name. They had another

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    What follows is a skimpy sketch of some things you should know. There were three types of colonies: Charter: The king grants a license to run a colony on “his” land in America. Proprietary: The king gives land and all rights to run a colony to an individual or a group. The colony then belongs to the proprietor(s). Royal: The king owns the colony. Though religious freedom is often cited as the reason for people migrating from England to America, it is too simplistic. It is more accurate to say

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    1.The subsequent need to garrison ten thousand troops along the American frontier became a costly part of Britain’s victory in the Seven Years’ War. 2. The change in British colonial policy reinforced an emerging sense of American political identity and helped to precipitate the American Revolution. 3. The main idea of the first paragraph under the bolded title “The Deep Roots of Revolution” is that the New World nurtured new ideas about the nature of society, citizen, and government. In the Old

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    assassinations, etc. In fact, perhaps everybody acknowledges that Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense is a “turning point in history” because it inspired the United States Revolutionary War. Common Sense, a pamphlet, can be credited as to inciting the American Colonies to revolt against Great Britain. However, how could a mere pamphlet concerning such a complex and complicated issue ignite The United States to a major turning point? By focusing on trade sanctions imposed on the United States by Great

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    There were a myriad of differences between Great Britain and her American colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but these differences can be divided into three basic categories: economic, social, and political. The original American settlers came to the colonies for varied reasons, but a common trait among these settlers was that they still considered themselves British subjects. However, as time passed, the colonists grew disenfranchised from England. Separated from the king by three

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    1. What was the problem or issue? As Americans pushed westward, the demand for laborers on the frontier grew. Asian immigrants began to arrive in North America the mid 1800’s with the hopes of creating better lives for themselves (Jannson, 2014, pg 128). Asian laborers became ideal for employers because they could be paid lower wages, had no political power as they were not considered citizens, and were easily stopped from holding labor strikes (Jannson, 2014, pg 129). With the increased favorability

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    elements of modernity in the widespread political participation of the initial decades of colonial settlement, others focus on the economic and demographic diversity of the eighteenth century as their focal point. Contrasting historians insist the American Revolution became the catalyst for permanent change, while still more contend westward expansion and the conclusion of the Civil War mark the time of the United States’ ‘arrival.’ The innate relativism of ‘modernity’ insures from the outset of debate

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    During the Revolutionary War, the American colonists wanted freedom from the English’s constricting control. Previous wars had a high impact on the Great Britain’s funds. The war that took place before the Revolutionary War called the French and Indian War initiated the start of taxation. Due to the war, Britain had applied taxes on supplies to fund their troops. Britain sought these actions as a way to protect the people and to return the favor their taxes should be paid. A minuscule event that

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